Saturday, January 07, 2012

AUNT JEAN DOES TOMBSTONE

I think it was the least cold morning since we have been here and what a nice change that was from the usual gripping cold desert air.
Kelly talked with the Nurse Practitioner from the Tucson hospital this morning. She relayed and explained what the medical report meant after conferring with the Urologist. Bottom line……continue our travels but get the ball rolling for follow up tests regarding kidney and liver cysts as soon as we get back to Canada. Regarding the kidney stones….same advice. Enjoy our travels and keep our fingers crossed the big stone doesn’t move until we can get home and deal with it. Had we panicked and ran home 3 weeks ago we would now be sitting there in the rotten weather looking out the window on a cold gray landscape. Maybe these words will come back to bite me but in the meantime we have more country to see down here and more adventures to pursue. In one week’s time we will have the big wheels rolling westward-ho once again. TOMBSTONE REFLECTIONS
One of the places on Jean’s list to see was Tombstone so we saddled up and rode over there about 11 a.m. The town was beginning to stir with Stagecoach rides and wild west characters making their way about on the main street. Kelly asked a Stage driver where the best place to eat in town was and he steered us to the CRYSTAL PALACE SALOON.CHECKING THE CRYSTAL PALACE’S MENU
The ladies both had pulled Pork but I had a Six Shooter for lunch. Anywhere but Tombstone the Six Shooter is commonly known as a BLT. You know, lettuce bacon, etc. Food was good but I had made the mistake of eating a big peanut butter and honey sandwich before we left so I wasn’t as hungry as I should have been.A BIG OLD BAR FROM THE MID 1800’S
Kelly’s cell phone rang while we were just leaving the Crystal Palace & it was our insurance company calling to see how we were making out with my medical problem. Sounds like we have a pile of paper work headed our way.IT WAS A LOOOOONG PHONE CALL
We browsed around on the wooden boardwalks soaking up the town’s ambience and walking the full length of Tombstone’s famous Allen street. Despite the commercial slant to the town, it is still Tombstone where a memorable part of the old wild west was played out. The Earp Brothers walked the very streets we did today and entered and exited some of the very same buildings. Say what you will about modern day Tombstone. The history is still there and hopefully will remain there forever.WONDER IF JEAN WAS THINKING OF PICKING UP SOME AMMO
We were back at the Ranch by 2. The wind had picked up significantly buffeting the coach a bit. But, it wasn’t cold. Jean likes the passenger seat in our rig because it reclines. With the sun streaming in the big windshield making the coach toasty warm Jean wasn’t long in reclining the comfy seat for a big afternoon Siesta. With all that warmth beaming in I’ll bet she was dreaming of sunny warm Florida in no time.OH OH, THIS COULD BE SERIOUS….AUNT JEAN MIGHT BE PACKING A DERRINGER IN THAT PURSEWHAT!! POP AND CIGARETTES??The Last Paragraph: Might want to have a look at Sue’s post over at BIG DAWG AND FREEWAY. Always enjoy a post with substance to it. A post that comes from the heart. If you are talking or writing to me with thoughts and feelings, then I am understanding you with the same…..thoughts and feelings.MY BEST GUESS ID FOR THIS BIRD IS A LOGGER HEAD SHRIKE (CANON SX210 POINT & SHOOT)
GROANER’S CORNER:(( To help save the economy, the Government will announce next month that the Immigration Department will start deporting seniors (instead of illegals) in order to lower Social Security and Medicare costs. Older people are easier to catch and will not remember how to get back home.
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11 comments:

Glad you didn't have to run back to Canada..at least for now....Stay on top of it is all I can say..Jean is totally like you, I can see that for sure..Gonna get windy here Monday...thanks for sending it our way...

I like what you say about Tombstone. I like the history of the place and enjoy walking around the town and wondering what it was like back when the Earps and the Clantons were present. Aunt Jean looks like she is enjoying it.

When we visited Tombstone, we had dinner at Big Nose Kate's with the Erps and Doc Holliday. Nice folks, and pretty good with a shootin iron, too, don't ya know! We say 'em in action, and know it's true. We enjoyed it there a lot.

Yikes, head for the hills Al if they are going to start rounding up us seniors! Sounds as if you guys are having a great time showing your area to Aunt Jean. And BTW, it is nephrologist, not neurologist--those guys check out the nerves in your body, nephrologist check out your plumbing. We are so glad you guys stuck it out and kept to your plans instead of heading back to Canada! Here's hoping that stone stays put!

Al: I've been meaning to write and tell you how much I like the new banner photo. I like the way the blades of the windmill are above the hill tops, where we can see the full wheel, and the starkness of the bare tree limbs to the right. Great composition.

Yee Haw ... I remember when Teresa and I went to Tombstone back in 2008, I was all into my cowboy phase. I had the holster, the replica .38 Special, spurs... I was even approached by another tourist asking questions thinking I was a western character, what a hoot. I was surprised when they told me at the saloon that I could not bring in my "replica" . 38 special ,at first I thought they were joking but no, they were dead serious (like the young Canadian customs officer) It took two weeks of going through the hoops but I was able to bring it on in to Canada :-)))) Take care y'all Derek (alifemadesimple)

AL'S CAMERA EQUIPMENT

A sometimes asked question readers have about my blog is what kind of a camera do I use. Well I have 8 of them and use them all. Five Nikon DSLR's, two quality Sony point and shoots plus one older Canon point and shoot.

'UPDATE':: July 2017 Thanks to a very generous blog reader I have been able to update my Nikon camera equipment and supplement my camera gear with a couple additional fine Sony cameras as well.I now have a 'donated' Nikon D7200 sporting my new Nikkor 18-300 3.5 zoom lens. Also have picked up a new Nikkor 1.8 primary 35mm lens. In addition I also now have a Sony RX100-3 camera as well as a Sony Exmore Cybershot. I have given my Canon Powershot point and shoot camera to a neighbor.

- In early 2017 I replaced my Nikon D-90 camera with a new D-3400 after the 'auto focus' feature on my aging D-90 quit working. The Nikon D-90 had been my work horse camera sporting a Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens. I used this camera for most of my landscapes and I now have it set up for night photography where 'auto focus' is not necessary.

-My older faithful and favorite Nikon D-40 finally packed it in during the summer of 2015 and I replaced it with a new Nikon D-3100.

- Previous to my Nikon D-90, most of my photos were taken with my old faithful Nikon D-50 from 2006 to early 2011 whereupon the D-50 suffered a rather gruesome death when it fell off a table onto a cement porch in southeastern Arizona. The 70-300mm lens on the camera survived the fall but the D-50 did not. My Nikkor lenses are interchangable between the D-90 the D-3100 and the D-3400.